Ring construction



May 19 1925.

J. A. SWEITZ'ER RING CONSTRUCTION Filed July v, '1922 Patented May 19, 1925.

. UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. swnrrznn, or rnovrnnncn, nnonn IsnANn, ,assrenoa TO rownias & MAYER. MANUFACTURING coarone'rron, on NEW YORK, N. Y., A oonroaerron 0F RHODE ISLAND.

' RING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed July 7, 1922. Serial No. 573,315.

To all whom it may concern: 5

Be it known that I, OHN A. Swnrrz'nn, a citizenofthe United States of} America, residing at Prov-idence,-county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful ,Improvements'in Ring Construction, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relatesto improvements in jewel settingsqfor rings, bracelets or other articles of adornment. One of the objects of my invention is to provide asetting for jewels which can be more easily chased or otherwise decorated than settings commonly used. To accomplish this result, Iprovide a setting comprised of members which can be ornamented and assembled after having been ornamented. By this means rings (for instance) can be produced which are lighter in weight than those which are made in one piece, that is to say, the head and shank in one piece. I have selected a ring for illustration, but any form of ornament can be produced by means of my improvement. While my improved ornament is made up of a plurality of assembled members, they can all be securely fastened-together by solder. applied in such manner as to connect all of the members. I

I will now proceed to describe my inven- ,tion in detail, the novel features of which I will point out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. l is a top plan view, broken away, of a ring made in accordance with my im- 'il'ovement, the jewel being omitted;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the shank of the ring;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the shank member; Fig. 4 is a detail plan View of thehead member;

Flg. 5 1s a sectional vlew on line 55 111 Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 isa bottom plan view of a" portion of the ring, the parts making up the setting being illustrated as assembled; I

Fig. 7 is a view in elevation of the assembled ring as seen in Fig. 1. d

To carry my invention. into practice, I employ a plurality of interconnected mem bers, each one of which can be ornamented before being assembled. 'lhis feature is one of the principal objects of my invention. As has. been stated, the parts can be made extremely light 'in weight which effects a great saving in cost especially when platinum is used. The parts of the setting are constructedso that they can be interconnected or meshed one with the other in such manner as to permit the application of solder at a point or points where all of the members, making up the complete ring or ornament, meet. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the mug 18 made up of, in thls instance, three parts. The shank 13,0f the ring, a

head 14: and cap 15, said cap holding the I jewel, should the ring he designed for a jewel. In this event the cap 15 will be provided with an opening 16 to hold the jewel. As can be seen in Figs. 1 and 5, the cap 15 includes projections or fingers 17 to enter or engage openings 18 in the head 14, said fingers being long enough to extend to a point adjacent the bottom edge 18 of the head 14 (see Fig. 5). The bodyof the assembly or shank13 is recessed as at 19 to receive the head let. In this instance, the edge of the head let is scalloped; hence, the side walls of the recess 19 will be shaped to conform to the scalloped edge, as indicated at 20 and 21, Fig. 1'. In this instance, the bottom of the recess 19 is open and of skeleton formation, the contour of which corresponds with the scalloped edge of the head 14:. In this instance, the comparatively delicate skeleton structure, indicated'by 22, is reinforced by a cross-bar 23. To assemble the ring,

the prongs 17 on plate 15 will be passed through tlie'openings 18 in the head 14;, and the head 14. laid upon the skeleton framework 22, a portion of the scalloped edge of the head intermeshing with the correspond ingly shaped end walls of the recess 19. After the members have been assembled, solder will be applied at the point 23 where the ends of the prongs 17, edge 18 of the head 14 and frame 22 meet. This soldering operation will effectually secure head 15 and shank 13 together. Ifdesirable the opening 16 in cap 15 can be omitted and the top surface of the cap ornamented.

I have not illustrated the ring as ornafaceof the parts can be ornamented. If desirable, the prongs 17 can be bent over and clinched to the upper portion of the cap 15.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent is the cap 1 1,

mented but it will be obvious that the sur- 1. A ring comprising a body member, a plurality of superimposed headmembers positioned on said body member soas to have acommon meeting, place therewith,

whereby said head members and saidbody member may be secured together at the common meetmg place of all of said mem bers.

2. In an ornament, a body member, a.

head member carried thereby having openings-therein, a capmember, and projections carried by the cap member and passing though said openings.

3. In an ornament, a body member, a.

headmember carried thereby having openings therein, a cap member, and prongs carried by the cap member engaging said open ings, said prongs extending through said member havinga frame, a head portionpo-- sitioned in said frame, said head portion haying openings therethrough, a cap. portion mounted on said head portion and having projevtions extending to the meeting place of the body portion and the head portion through said openings, whereby. the frame, head portion, and said projections may besecured together at said meeting place.

5. In a ring, a body member, a unitary head member resting upon said body memr ber, and a cap member engaging the head member and secured to the body member.

6. A ring construction comprising a shank having a recess therein, a head member mounted in said recess, said head member having aplurality of openings there through, a cap men'ib'er mounted on said head member and having a plurality of projections passing througlrthe openings in the head member and extending toa point adjacent the body member, whereby said projections can be securedto the body member thereby securing the head member in position.

J OHN Ax SWEITZER. 

